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Fellow director wants Alvarez off water board (MOH fake, CA)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune ^ | May 21, 2008 | Will Bigham

Posted on 05/22/2008 12:12:29 PM PDT by jazusamo

Three Valleys Municipal Water District Director Javier Alvarez was asked to resign by Director Brian Bowcock Wednesday May 21, 2008 during the boards monthly meeting. ((Will Lester/Staff Photographer) )

• Photo Gallery: Alvarez asked to resign
• PDF: Alleged lies told by Alvarez

CLAREMONT - A local water representative Wednesday called for the resignation of Director Xavier Alvarez, who has pleaded guilty to falsely claiming he won the Medal of Honor.

At a meeting of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District, Director Brian Bowcock called Alvarez a "disgrace," read from a lengthy list of what he called Alvarez's lies and urged him to have the "decency to resign your position."

"You are a disgrace to the district, a disgrace to south Pomona and a disgrace to the Latino people of the community," said Bowcock, who represents La Verne and Claremont. "But most of all, you have disgraced and embarrassed the servicemen and women of our country."

Alvarez, who has admitted he never served in the military, declined to respond to Bowcock's demand that he resign. Later in the meeting Alvarez accused Bowcock of displaying "bias and bigotry" in his statement.

Bowcock also asked his colleagues to approve a symbolic, nonbinding resolution calling on Alvarez to resign. The district's attorney was directed to draft the resolution,  which will be considered by the full board at its next meeting, on June 17.

Bowcock also urged the district to follow up on a letter sent to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office last year notifying the office of Alvarez's potentially unlawful decision to register his ex-wife for district health benefits. No charges have been filed in connection with Alvarez's act.

Bowcock also said he wanted the district to pursue avenues to have Alvarez punished for falsely claiming on the November 2006 ballot that he worked as an engineer.

Finally, Bowcock called on voters in Alvarez's district to start a recall campaign to remove him from his seat.

"I would encourage the people in south Pomona to start a recall campaign beginning immediately," Bowcock said. "I also encourage the elected officials of Pomona to ask for his resignation publicly for the embarrassment he also has caused the city of Pomona."

Throughout Bowcock's statement, Alvarez sat quietly in his seat. He responded only when asked later in the meeting by board president Bob Kuhn whether he had anything to say.

Alvarez accused his colleagues of attacking him only because in November 2006 they endorsed his opponent, incumbent director Luis Juarez, whom Alvarez called a "benchwarmer" and "corrupt."

Alvarez apologized to a Pomona post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars for "dragging in their good name," then made a vague statement saying he regretted claiming he won the Medal of Honor.

"I said it," Alvarez said. "I regret it - the way that I said it."

Alvarez declined to comment to reporters after the meeting.

Bowcock said after the meeting that he expected Alvarez not to resign. "He knows he's wrong," he said. "He's lied about everything he said."

Bowcock became emotional when talking about a deeply personal reason he has for taking offense to Alvarez's false medal claim.

Bowcock said that two months before he was born, his father, Frederick Hamilton Bowcock, was killed in Germany while serving in the military during World War II.

Alleged false claims told by Alvarez, compiled by Brian Bowcock



TOPICS: Local News; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: california; fake; hispandering; losangeles; military; moh; stolenvalor
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This guys got a real problem with the truth but the MOH claim is despicable.
1 posted on 05/22/2008 12:12:29 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: smoothsailing; freema; SandRat

Fake MOH claim Ping!


2 posted on 05/22/2008 12:13:52 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

he should be water boarded


3 posted on 05/22/2008 12:15:28 PM PDT by palmer
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To: jazusamo
Wife a Latina starlet

Morgan Fairchild is a Latina starlet? I never knew.

"Yeahhh! That's the ticket!"

4 posted on 05/22/2008 12:22:21 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Pray for Rattendaemmerung: the final mutually destructive battle between Obama and Hillary in Denver)
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To: jazusamo

What a piece of #@$^!


5 posted on 05/22/2008 12:32:10 PM PDT by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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What a jerk! Lying over his military career? Who does he think he is, a Senator from Massachusetts?
6 posted on 05/22/2008 12:36:08 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
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To: jazusamo

He sorta wants to be John Kerry when he grows up.


7 posted on 05/22/2008 12:37:11 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (I was born with nothing. So far I have most of it left.)
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If he has pleaded guilty, why isn’t he in jail?


8 posted on 05/22/2008 12:40:50 PM PDT by SmithL (Reject Obama's Half-Vast Wright-Wing Conspiracy)
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Whew! Good thing they caught Alvarez before he was elected mayor of Los Angeles.

... Oh wait, Alvarez accused the rest of the water board of making biased and bigoted remarks. He might be a shoo-in for mayor now. Oh no!

9 posted on 05/22/2008 12:46:58 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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If he has pleaded guilty, why isn’t he in jail?

That was the first thing that went through my mind.

My cable went down right after I posted this, sheesh.

10 posted on 05/22/2008 2:20:55 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Yep, it’s everyone elses fault!


11 posted on 05/22/2008 2:23:30 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

Wonderful news, we have finally found Barack Hussien Obama’s Vice Presidential Nominee!


12 posted on 05/22/2008 2:25:33 PM PDT by STD ( Brace Yourself; Obama To Expand Black History Month to a Full Year)
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“Alvarez, who has admitted he never served in the military, declined to respond to Bowcock’s demand that he resign. Later in the meeting Alvarez accused Bowcock of displaying “bias and bigotry” in his statement.”

I am SO sick of these political latino’s crying bigotry. You lied. You lied about something VERY important. As far as I’m concerned he deserves a firing squad. I’ll give him a medal for that.


13 posted on 05/22/2008 2:33:04 PM PDT by AuntB (Vote Obama! ..........Because ya can't blame 'the man' when you are the 'man'.... Wanda Sikes)
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To: jazusamo; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; AirForceBrat23; ...

Marine MOH Imposter Ping


14 posted on 05/22/2008 2:47:37 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Cousin, Mom and FRiend)
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Take his butt to federal court for stolen valor, and pray the court gives him Jail time.


15 posted on 05/22/2008 4:31:10 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
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Bump to that! This is the second piece I’ve read on this in a couple weeks and there was no mention of prosecution, don’t understand why not.


16 posted on 05/22/2008 4:35:14 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

Nor I. Wonder when that will happen.


17 posted on 05/22/2008 4:39:42 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
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To: SandRat; All; StarCMC

This creep was prosecuted under the Stolen Valor act and has plead guilty to a misdemeanor. He will receive PROBATION, and since there will be no jail time involved, he does not have to resign his board seat.

This issue was brought to the forefront by a fellow PGR member in SoCal. He has made it his mission to see to it that Alvarez pays a heavy price for lying in this manor. Many of our members have been attending the board meetings as well as the criminal proceedings, making sure Mr. Alvarez is well aware that his lies will not go unnoticed and unpunished.


18 posted on 05/22/2008 4:46:47 PM PDT by rottndog (Globull Warming "Science" = garbage in, gospel out.)
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Should have gotten time in the Gray-Bar Motel.

Isn’t it interesting how much Libs hate the military but they are always ready to use false claims like this to their own gain.


19 posted on 05/22/2008 4:49:35 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
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To: rottndog

Thanks for your post, rottndog.


20 posted on 05/22/2008 6:29:13 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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